At the same time, the show parodies society’s obsession with accomplishment by setting deeply meaningless goals and encouraging creative loopholes for completing them. The show revolves around the tyranny of the task: Completing objectives to satisfy Davies is every competitor’s purpose, the dignity of oneself and others be damned. This, in all of its weirdness, is the magic of Taskmaster. Tarbuck received the maximum number of points.
Tarbuck told Horne to “take yourself somewhere private and put your bare arse into it.” The video crew captured the gooey moment of impact for Davies to witness. Her idea to debase Horne in order to gain favor with Davies leaned into the two characters’ oddly sadistic relationship-the Taskmaster is an exacting tyrant Horne is a glorified butler. But the comedian Liza Tarbuck got Horne to sit on a cake and describe how it felt to Davies. In attempting to express affection for Davies, contestants opted for a tiny banner in the sky ( “I ♥️ You Greg* … *Professionally”) or an original song (“Greg Davies / I wanna have your babies”). This simple premise has achieved immense popularity: Although a 2018 American spin-off was short-lived, the British version has a significant overseas audience via its YouTube channel, which has regularly amassed more than 10 million views a month in recent years, mostly from watchers in the U.S. The tasks themselves-make a massive block of ice disappear the fastest, run the farthest while making a continuous noise-are intentionally absurd, which means the solutions are too. Davies then awards points for how well competitors complete the goals.
In the show, the authoritarian Taskmaster (the actor Greg Davies) gives five contestants-mostly British comedians-open-ended objectives via his demure assistant, Alex Horne. In one episode of Taskmaster, a British game show entering its 15th season this spring, contestants had 30 minutes to figure this out. The boss will determine who, out of several people, did it best. Imagine you are sternly handed an assignment: Express appreciation for your boss in the most meaningful way possible.
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